September 15
1931 – Two new local baseball leagues were organized at Key West. One, a group of six teams, would start immediately at the Harris School field. The other league planned to play at night at Bayview Park, and, pending the installation of lights, would begin their season on October 1.
1945 – A category three hurricane passed over the Upper Keys causing light damage.
1954 – The Cuban ferry City of Key West was christened in Miami by Wilhelmina Harvey, wife of the Key West mayor. The ship would begin service to Cardenas, Cuba, in October.
1974 – The Cunard Line’s luxury cruise ship Ambassador was towed into port. The ship, enroute to New Orleans to pick up passengers, was heavily damaged by fire near Key West. No one was seriously hurt, but the ship was so badly damaged that it never saw use as passenger liner again.
2016 – Marathon’s City Hall was opened. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the $5 million, 17,000-square-foot facility meant that city staff had new offices after having worked out of trailers since the city was incorporated 15 years earlier.
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: A Key West baseball team from 1934. Wright Langley Collection. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
